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Monday, January 31, 2011

Storytime: Valentine's Day

Storytime for ages 3-8 and their families, with craft.
Books:

Froggy's First Kiss 
 by Jonathan London and pictures by Frank Remkiewicz


Melvin's Valentine (Trucktown Ready-to-Roll)
by Jon Scieszka


Valentine Surprise
by Corinne Demas and pictures by R.W. Alley


I Love You Because You're You
by Liza Baker and pictures by David McPhail


Craft:

Valentines
I used our big big heart Ellison die to cut out hearts for the kids to decorate with stickers and write on.

Friday, January 21, 2011

Storytime: Birthdays

Storytime for children ages 3-8 and their families, with a craft.

Books:

Don't Spill the Beans!
Don't Spill the Beans
by Ian Schoenherr


Froggy Bakes a Cake
Froggy Bakes a Cake
by Jonathan London and pictures by Frank Remkiewicz


A Birthday for Cow!
A Birthday for Cow!
by Jan Thomas


Additional Books:
The Birthday Box by Leslie Patricelli
Birthday Zoo by Deborah Lee Rose and pictures by Lynn Munsinger
Going Up! by Peter Sis
It's My Birthday by Helen Oxenbury
Mouse's Birthday by Jane Yolen and pictures by Bruce Degen
Tell-A-Bunny by Nancy Elizabeth Wallace
What's Cookin'? by Nancy Coffelt

Songs and Fingerplays:
Birthday Cake

Ten candles on a birthday cake
(hold up hands with palms facing out and fingers extended)
All lit up for me
(wiggle fingers)
I'll make a wish and blow them out
Watch and you will see.
(blow and bend fingers down)

from www.thebestkidsbooksite.com 

Five candles on a birthday cake
Five, and not one more.
You may blow one candle out,
 

[make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves four!


Four candles on a birthday cake
There for all to see.
You may blow one candle out, 

 [make blowing sound and motion]
And that makes three!


Three candles on a birthday cake
Standing straight and true.
You may blow one candle out, 

 [make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves two!


Two candles on a birthday cake
Helping us have fun.
You may blow one candle out,
 

[make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves one!


One candle on a birthday cake
We know its task is done.
You may blow this candle out, 

 [make blowing sound and motion]
And that leaves none!


Print out this Cake and Candle and make a magnet or flannel board for the above rhyme.


Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes
Since it was a party we danced to Jim Gill's "Silly Dance Contest" from Jim Gill Sings the Sneezing Song and Other Contagious Tunes.


Mickey's Party Songs
I also recommend Mickey's Party Songs for background music.


Craft:

Birthday Cake

Draw and copy a cake or use the template here. Instead of using the candles that come with the pattern, I simply cut out strips of colored paper to use instead. I also gave the children yellow dot stickers to "light" their candles. A little bit of crayon coloring on the cakes, and I had happy kids on my hands.

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Storytime: Jungle Animals

Storytime for kids ages 3-8 and their families, with craft.


Books:

Cha-Cha Chimps
by Julia Durango and pictures by Elinor Taylor
If You're Happy And You Know It
by James Warhola


Simms Taback's Safari Animals (Giant Fold-Out Book)
by Simms Taback


Opposnakes: A Lift-the-Flap Book About Opposites
by Salina Yoon


Additional Books:
How Loud Is A Lion? by Clare Beaton
Over In the Jungle by Marianne Berkes
Snuggle Up Sleepy Ones by Claire Freedman
Where's My Mom? by Julia Donaldson


Craft:


All you need is water and these little styrofoam guys.